James Hewitt Toland, 56, disappeared on May 26, 1993, during a canoe trip on the Togiak River in the Dillingham Census Area. He was canoeing with his wife when their canoe was later found empty and adrift. Searchers recovered his wife’s body, but James was never located despite search and rescue operations in the surrounding terrain.

The Alaska State Troopers opened an investigation on May 28, 1993. No witnesses to whatever happened on the river that day have been reported, and the circumstances that led to the canoe being found empty remain unclear.

Does anyone who spent time on the Togiak River in late May 1993 have information that could help explain what happened?